A/N: Hey Guys! I am back once more. This chapter got posted later than I had planned because of one thing. I am a giant procrastinator. I've been putting this off for hours now. Anyways this chapter is kind of a hybrid (lame attempt at joke here). This is because it kind of follows an episode but I've already changed so much in the series that I can't follow it exactly. This will probably happen a lot from now on, because things will keep getting changed. Enjoy!
Thank you so much for the support on this, it's the reason I keep writing. So, now that I have everybody coming to Mystic Falls. Who do you think should meet their mate next? I have the meetings all set up, I just want to know who you are most excited for.
I do not own TVD even though I wish I did. :(
The Woods
Rosaline hated the woods. Most people assumed that all vampires liked the woods for some reason, it was a common misconception. Rosaline thought it was a stupid assumption. She detested the woods. The ground was uneven, there were bugs, and worst of all she couldn't wear heels. So why was she in the woods? One word. Allison. Allison had a twisted sense of humor, and she liked having people do things they despised. But Allison didn't make her do things without reason, and this was no exception. The werewolves had yet to leave town after being warned. Now there were only three left courtesy of Allison. Apparently, they were full of themselves and saw no real danger here. Idiots.
On her walk, she thought about the last few days. Not much had happened which was quite a change from the usual. Tyler and Caroline were still at odds, but Tyler had apologized. Tyler had also cut off his communication with the werewolves, and instead had been following James around constantly. Elena and Stefan had decided to take a vacation, Damon had found distraction in a news reporter named Andie, and John was causing problems for everybody. Caroline was also distancing herself from her friends and spending more time with Elise.
As she came closer to the werewolf camp she heard voices. She recognized two of them. Jules and Brady, the ones who were after Tyler. The third was unknown. The unknown one talked first. "Let me just preface this with a big disclaimer that screams, 'I should have known better'."
"What is it Stevie?" Stevie. That was the mysterious man's name. The one who asked was Jules, Allison would be happy to know that her voice still held tremors.
"When Brady told me what that Tyler kid said about Mason being here for the moonstone, something clicked. There was this moment back in Florida when I suspected Mason was up to something because he was banging that hot vampire chick, Kathy, and he didn't want anyone to know." Stevie said all of that very fast.
Jules sighed. "Alright. Just get to the point, Stevie."
"That is the point, Jules. It's the sun and the moon curse. Mason was asking me all kinds of questions about it; if it could be broken, and when you told me about what happened when you tried to kidnap that vampire, double click. Vampires and the moonstone. They're putting everything in place to break the curse." Rosaline shook her head. They honestly still believed in that curse nonsense. It wasn't even logical, and yet everybody acted like idiots because of it.
She saw Brady shake his head in denial. "We can't let them do that, even if we have to kill every last vampire in this town."
Rosaline left after that. They were full of themselves. They thought they could take out every vampire in this town. And it wasn't even the full moon. How naïve. Once she was out of the woods, she headed home. She was too sober for her liking.
Caroline's House
Elise had stayed the night at Caroline's house. It was obvious the girl was still shaken about almost being kidnapped a few nights back. So they watched sappy romance movies until Caroline fell asleep. Now she was in the kitchen making coffee, waiting for the blonde to wake up. Elise had already changed into her usual pair of jeans and shirt combination.
She had just finished making the coffee when the blonde in question walked in. "Morning." She yawned.
"Good morning." Replied Elise. "Coffee?"
"Yes please." She got Caroline a cup, and they sat in silence for a while. "I just wanted to say thank you for staying, and just being nice."
"Caroline, you're my friend. I'll always be there for you. Now why don't you get dressed and we'll go do something fun." Caroline smiled and nodded before heading towards her room. Elise smirked behind her cup. This was too easy. But she had to admit the girl had grown on her. Maybe she'd see if she could keep Caroline around.
Tyler's House
James was at Tyler's house. Again. This was the 7th time in three days. James was just thinking about moving in, it'd be a hell of a lot more convenient. Tyler wasn't a bad guy, no, quite the opposite really. He was cool, but he didn't stop asking questions. James had told him about how the curse and how it was fake, but he made Tyler promise not to tell anybody. Tyler had been reasonably shocked at the news, but took it well enough. The other thing James had managed in his short time with Tyler other than gain his unwavering loyalty, was to make Tyler dislike Jules and the other werewolves. It didn't take much, just mentioning how they tried to kill Caroline, and how they planned to kill Elena. After that Tyler held strong negative feelings towards the others.
Which is why, James took him to the woods to meet the werewolves. Of course he didn't say this. He convinced Tyler to go location scouting for the full moon. And if they happen to run into the werewolves, what a coincidence. Sure enough, they had only been out into the woods for twenty minutes when Jules came up to them. She looked paler than usual. "Tyler, hi."
Tyler looked at her with a little bit of disgust, not that she noticed. "You're still here?"
She looked taken aback by the question. "Is that alright with you?"
"I thought it was made pretty clear that you needed to go."
"How did you know about that?" Then Jules turned to James, seemingly just noticing him. "What is the dirty vampire doing here?"
James almost chuckled, that wouldn't go over well with Tyler. "He's my friend. Unlike you."
"Tyler he's been telling you lies, you need to stay away from him."
James could almost see the smoke coming out of Tyler's ears. "I know who my friends are. You've been lying to me, not him. And I know just the people I need to stay away from. I'd been doing a pretty good job until now."
Brady and the other werewolf joined the conversation. James could see that they were trying to salvage anything from this conversation. He was content to watch the werewolves dig their own graves. "We need you to help us find the moonstone."
"And why on Earth would I do that?"
"You don't understand. The moonstone…"
Brady was interrupted. "I know perfectly well what the moonstone does."
"Then you know why we need it."
"I'm not helping you do anything."
"So you're going to help the vampires instead?"
"I'm going to help my friends, just not with the moonstone. And it's none of your business anyways. Now I suggest you leave town."
James decided that it was time to interrupt. "As much fun as I'm having, we really need to get going." He turned around and started to walk away, but before he could get very far Brady tried to jump him. Key word: tried. James turned around and choke slammed Brady into the ground. James glared coldly. "I would not recommend trying that again, it'll be your last mistake. Come on Tyler." And with that, they left.
Lockwood Mansion
Elijah was stuck. Not in the literal sense, but he was still stuck. And at a historical tea party of all places. He usually did not mind these sort of events, but this one, to put it kindly was boring. He'd much rather be somewhere else. Not to mention that he had a lot on his mind. The dagger was a concerning thing. But his biggest worry was Niklaus. He was up to something, and Elijah had a guess what that something was. There was no way that Allison had recovered from her bite without help. And the only person that could have helped was his brother. Niklaus was coming back to Mystic Falls much sooner than planned, he'd told Elijah as much. And Elijah wanted to know why. Something had happened between his brother and Allison.
He was brought out of his musings by Carol Lockwood. "Have you spent much time in Richmond for your book? There's such a wealth of history there." Ah yes, his alias. Elijah Smith, historical book writer. Guest of honor at this party.
"No, I'm focusing mostly on the smaller regions of Virginia. Lots of research. Strictly academic."
"That's fascinating." Elijah gave a nod. He was paying attention to the front door where Damon had come in. He was talking to Elena's aunt and another woman Elijah didn't know. They had a quick conversation, and Damon made his way over.
"Damon." Carol greeted.
"Carol." He kissed her on the cheek.
"What a surprise." She turned to him. "Elijah, I want you to meet Damon Salvatore. His family is one of Mystic Falls' founding families."
Damon forced a smile. "Such a pleasure to meet you."
Elijah gave a closed smile himself. "No, pleasure's mine." They shook hands.
Middle of Town
Caroline dragged Elise around town, shopping for all of the morning and well into the afternoon. They were going to go see a movie later. When they walked by the Mystic Grill, Elise made sure she blocked Caroline's view of inside. Bonnie was with Luka, which was odd considering she hated him. How interesting. Elise pulled out her phone and texted Allison about it. She just closed her phone when Caroline dragged her in the direction of yet another store.
Lockwood Mansion
Elijah was listening to John Gilbert threaten Alaric about telling Jenna. John was a problem, and he had the opportunity to ruin a lot of things. He needed to be watched.
Soon after, Damon all but dragged him into an office and shut the door behind them. "What can I do for you Damon?"
"I was hoping we could have a word?"
"Where's Elena?"
"Safe with Stefan. They're laying low, you know, bit of a werewolf problem."
Elijah pretended to think about it. "Oh, yeah. I heard about that."
"I'm sure you did considering you know everything in this town for some reason." In all fairness, Elijah didn't know everything. Allison didn't tell him when she found the time to kill all but three werewolves in town.
"Look Damon, why don't you just stay focused on keeping Elena safe and leave the rest to me." He walked towards the door but Damon stood in front of him.
"Not good enough." That was enough of that. Elijah slammed him against the wall, choking him. Damon tried to choke him too, but he wasn't able to. For that Damon got his wrist broken.
"Young vampires, so arrogant. How dare you come in here and challenge me?"
Being the imbecile he was, Damon responded. "You can't kill me. It's not part of the deal."
He was right of course, but Elijah was not aiming to kill. He instead grabbed a pencil off the desk and stabbed Damon in the neck, and then released him. Damon clutched his neck, so Elijah gave him a tissue. "I'm an Original. Show a little respect. The moment you cease to be of use to me, you're dead. So, you should do what I say. Keep Elena safe." He left to go back to the party.
Bonnie's House
Allison did not like sneaking under a window of a teenage witch's house. She found it was beneath her. But, Elise texted about the strange behavior of Bonnie, so someone had to find out what was going on considering Luka was something of an ally. She had gone to the Grill only to find that Bonnie had drugged Lukas coffee. And now here, they were. In Bonnie's living room filled with candles, and an unconscious Luka in the middle of the floor.
Jeremy was also there. "How does this work?"
"Um, I'll put him in a trance and ask him questions. It's like hypnosis." Bonnie did not sound too sure.
"You sure you're strong enough for this?"
"That's what the candles are for. I'll draw power from the flames." She lit the candles with her magic.
Luka stirred. "Looks like he's waking up."
Salvatore Boarding House
Julianna was standing outside, waiting for stupid werewolves to show up. Rosaline had heard them discuss how they were going to attack Elena, and Damon. So, on her way here she ripped Brady's heart out before he even noticed that he wasn't alone. That took one out, and left two more.
She didn't have to wait long, they walked up to the house looking as if they hadn't a care in the world. They must think they're clever. She stood on the roof, and when the male wolf stood under her, she jumped. She landed on him, breaking his neck. Jules let out a startled gasp, and Julianna looked up.
"We gave you a warning. We left you three alive out of the kindness of our hearts, and this is what you do? Now it's time to pay the price."
Jules took off running, and Julianna let her go. They needed a werewolf for the ritual and Jules was perfect for the job. She walked back to the house in satisfaction, hoping to see Elijah when she got there.
Bonnie's House
Bonnie currently had her hands on Luka's forehead trying to make her spell work. Luka was trying to fight. Eventually Bonnie won. "How's Elijah going to stop the sacrifice?" She demanded.
"He's not."
Allison knew that if this was allowed to continue things would go wrong. Luka would expose them. With this in mind, she picked up a rock and smashed the window. Bonnie screamed, which broke her concentration, allowing Luka to break out of the trance and hop out the window before anyone could stop him. Allison grabbed him and ran him about a mile away.
"What do you think you're doing?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't think she'd do anything!" She could tell he was scared.
"Yes well that's what happens when morons start thinking, things go wrong. Do you realize what you could've told them tonight? Of course you don't, that would require a brain. They now know Elijah was going to kill Elena all along. That makes things infinitely harder. You're lucky you are more useful alive, now leave." He didn't need to be told twice before he took off in what she assumed was the fastest the boy had ever run.
Lockwood Mansion
Tyler was having a mental breakdown. After they'd gotten back from the woods they went back to the mansion and hid upstairs while the party was going on. At first, everything had seemed fine, and then Tyler started pacing.
"I can't stay here man. Everybody but you is lying to me. Caroline is still mad even though I apologized, I've been lying to my mom for god knows how long. I can't do this!"
He was hyperventilating. James stood up and slapped him. "Get a hold of yourself Tyler. Quite frankly, this is pathetic. Here's what we're going to do. You're going to go downstairs and write a note telling your mom that you needed to get out of town. Then, you're going to come up here and pack a bag. I'm going to take you back to my house and you're going to stay a while and cool down. If you really still feel like you need to go somewhere after that then I'll go with you. But right now, you need to Calm Down!"
Tyler nodded, a bit shocked. He followed James' instruction and then they were off. James hoped Allison didn't mind too much.
The Mates House
After everyone had come home from the day's events, they swapped stories and they all went upstairs. There really wasn't much to talk about, everything was going according to plan. Allison did almost have a heart attack when Tyler walked in their door. But she refrained from saying anything.
The next few days passed much the same. Everybody did their own things, occasionally one of them would keep an eye on things. But for the most part everybody had more free time than they'd had in a long time.
Rosaline went shopping. She always returned home with more stuff than what should be allowed, in Allison's opinion. Elise went to various bookstores, and returned home with a car full of books. She'd been in her room ever since. James and Tyler decided to go to California for the week, just to have fun. They'd be back in a few days. Julianna and Elijah had not left each other's sides. They always did things together. Anything from blood runs to fancy dinner dates. They were so sweet it was giving everyone cavities.
Allison herself had been doing the things she'd been neglecting. The family hardly saw her. She was rarely home. Of course she wouldn't tell them what she was doing, only say it was 'family head matters only.' She didn't have time to vacation, not yet. And especially, not with Jess still alive.
One night she hadn't gotten home to well after midnight, and she headed straight upstairs. Upon opening her door, she found there was someone already in her room.
"Hello love."
"Klaus what a surprise." She said with sarcasm. "Back so soon?"
"Ah yes, I couldn't resist the hospitality of the place."
"Is this going to become a thing, you showing up in my room?" She mocked gasped. "What will the neighbors say?"
He chuckled. "You seem much better."
She scowled at him. "Yes, I wonder why."
"We both know why, love. You could thank me you know." He suggested with a grin.
"That'll happen when hell freezes over."
"Maybe it's already frozen then."
"I was there last week, still hot as usual."
He looked at her. "You would've died without me." The room got much more tense and serious.
"I would've been fine." She protested.
"Yes, it was you're remarkable impression of a corpse that convinced me."
"I didn't ask you to save me."
"Well I did."
She growled at him. "Why are you here?"
"Well I'm newly moved into town, and I was hoping for a tour guide." The serious mood was gone, replaced by the light banter once more.
"Sorry, business is closed." He grinned, and she felt the tug of her lips as well.
"Ah well, what a pity." He walked over to her bed and laid down. "This is comfortable, maybe I'll move in. I like this place better than my own. Less annoying siblings here."
She walked over and laid down beside him. "Nope. Just as many here. Plus one."
"But you're here as well." He looked over at her, and she looked back. They stayed like that for a while.
Allison spoke. "I'm afraid there's not enough space here."
"Well we could always share."
"Charming."
"I know I am." He got back up and walked over to the window. "I'll be here with my stuff tomorrow."
She shot up. "You're not serious."
"But I am."
Her eyes narrowed. "You wouldn't."
He smiled cheekily. "But I would."
"But what for?"
"Because I want to." He leaned in close. "And I always get what I want." There was a breeze, and Allison refused to acknowledge the faint blush on her cheeks. The same way Klaus did when he reached the bottom of her window.